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Morphometric data for adult lion‐tailed macaques ( Macaca silenus )
Author(s) -
Harvey N. C.,
Clarke A. S.,
Lindburg D. G.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330850212
Subject(s) - sexual dimorphism , biology , allometry , macaque , rump , primate , zoology , morphometrics , anatomy , ecology
Basic morphometric data were collected from 22 adult lion‐tailed macaques ( M. silenus ) of both sexes. M. silenus is a rare primate species from which adequate morphometric data have not heretofore been available for comparative purposes. Data collected included measures of gross body size (weight; crown‐rump and rump‐heel length), and for males, measures of secondary sexual characteristics (canine tooth and testes size). Degree of sexual dimorphism was marked, with males significantly larger and heavier than females. The three body size measures were correlated for males but not for females. There was substantial variation among individual males in secondary sex characteristic measurements. The data indicate that lion‐tailed macaque morphometrics are consonant with the general pattern of positive allometry for body size and sexual dimorphism characteristic of the primate order.